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Adjusting turn in date to Aug 6-7 during enrollment. If you have them ready now you can still turn them in to Coach Hansen or Coach Lowry.
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Parents please be aware of the allergies that may in your kiddos class this coming year. Kindergarten parents there will be a kiddo in your class that has allergies to peanuts. Please communicate with your teachers.
Hello everyone,
It's that time of year again where we start thinking about back to school. Here is the 2024-2025 school year back to school letter. Enrollment is August 6th and 7th in the High School from 8-4 both days! We hope to have another great year! Go Big Green!
Lady Huskies completed their 2 day camp with NV Alumni Kortney Cunningham. Kortney is the head volleyball coach for Lyons College out of Arkansas. Lots of good instruction and fun!
Don’t forget to get your shirt orders in by August 2nd! Go Huskies!! 💚🏐
Northern Valley High School Volleyball Camp
July 9-10th, 2024
Call or text Coach Hansen 785-871-7656 to register by Saturday June 22nd.
Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track
The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Colby, KS, to compete at the 2024 Western Kansas Liberty League track meet. It was a beautiful day for twelve schools to show off their talent. The NV girls competed as one team (grades 6-8) with 13 girls scoring 15 points and placing ninth overall. The girls had numerous seventh place finishes and eight personal records set giving them some confidence for next year’s season.
Rene’ Horacek earned the only medal for the team with her third-place triple jump. Also contributing to points was Kylee Ledbetter in discus and Annika McKinney in sprints.
Northern Valley 6/7/8th Girls Results – 9th Place
Discus 4th – Kylee Ledbetter 59’ 8”
Triple Jump 3rd – Rene’ Horacek 28’ 3 ¼ “
Long Jump 5th – Rene’ Horacek 13’ 5 ½ “
100m 5th – Annika McKinney 14.67
200m 6th – Rene’ Horacek 31.57
Sixth grader Tayah Seeders running the 3200 for the first time this season.
“Huskies are League Track Champions – 2024”
Western Kansas Liberty League Track Meet in Colby – May 10, 2024
Northern Valley Junior High traveled to Colby to compete in the Western Kansas Liberty League Track Meet. The Huskies had an excellent day finishing in 1st place as a team with 103 points, edging out Brewster who had 100 points. Tait Thalheim had a big day winning two gold medals and two silver medals. Tait had a PR in the pole vault with 9’ 6”. Griffin McKinney won a gold medal in the 200m hurdles and also two silver medals. 7th grader Cash Compton won three medals, 2nd in the long jump, 3rd in the 200 and anchored the 3rd place medley relay which included Lucas Hansen, Bryson Wilder and Zane Brown.
6th-7th-8th Boys Results – 1st Place
100m 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 13.0
4th – Cash Compton – 13.5
5th – Lucas Hansen – 13.7
200m 3rd – Cash Compton – 27.6
4th – Lucas Hansen – 28.0
100m Hurdles 1st – Tait Thalheim – 17.0
2nd – Griffin McKinney – 17.3
200m Hurdles 1st – Griffin McKinney – 29.62
2nd – Tait Thalheim – 29.64
Shot 5th – Griffin McKinney – 36’ 1”
Pole Vault 2nd – Tait Thalheim – 9’ 6”
4th – Bryson Wilder – 7’ 6”
Long Jump 2nd – Cash Compton – 15’ 9”
6th – Zane Brown – 14’ 5”
Triple Jump 1st – Tait Thalheim – 32’ 5”
4th – Lucas Hansen – 30’ 5”
Medley Relay 3rd – Brown, Wilder, Hansen, Compton – 2:08.9
The Northern Valley Jr High boys Track team won first place at the Western Kansas Liberty League meet in Colby. The Huskies scored 103 points as a team, Brewster finished second with 100 points.
8th grader Tait Thalehim placed 2nd in the pole vault at the WKLL meet with a personal best 9’ 6”.
The NV Huskies medley relay placed 3rd at the WKLL meet. Bryson Wilder hands the baton off to Lucas Hansen. Cash Compton and Zane Brown were the other members of the relay team.
The six senior boys in the construction technology class have been working very hard to create a nice shed/mini home to put up for sale. Though the year is ending, construction is not moving as fast as we would like. The exterior of the building will be finished. We are accepting sealed bids on the shed from now until the end of day on May 16th. Mr. Tharman will contact the winning bid to make arrangements for pickup. As always, we appreciate the communities support in everything we do as Huskies.
Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track
The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Phillipsburg to compete at the Logan Junior High School Invitational Track Meet. The weather was beautiful for the eight schools competing. Our seventh and eight graders are short on numbers but they are always ready to compete. The sixth-grade girls had a great day taking first place with 113 team points.
Rene’ Horacek had a good day earning a silver and two bronze medals and helping the medley relay team. Annika McKinney had a great day with four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 400m and shot put. Cambrie Sproul had a personal record in the high jump at 4 feet earning the fifth gold medal for the sixth-grade girls.
Northern Valley 7/8th Girls Results – 7th Place
Shot Put 5th – Kaylee Miller 26’ 3”
Discus 5th – Kylee Ledbetter 57’ 8”
Javelin 6th – Kaylee Miller 63’ 2”
Long Jump 3rd – Rene’ Horacek 12’ 10”
Triple Jump 2nd – Rene’ Horacek 28’ 2.5”
200m 3rd – Rene’ Horacek 31.16
400m 4th – Andrea Meraz 1:21.91
800m Medley Relay 5th – Kylee Ledbetter, Kaylee Miller, Rene’ Horacek, Andrea Meraz 2:25.76
Northern Valley 6th Girls Results – 1st Place
Shot Put 1st – Annika McKinney 25’ 6.5”
6th – Avreigh McCue 16’ 6.25”
Discus 3rd – Avreigh McCue 44’ 8”
4th – Rowan Bremer 34’ 0”
High Jump 1st – Cambrie Sproul 4’ 0”
3rd – Tayah Seeders 3’ 6”
Long Jump 2nd – Shelby Lentz 11’ 7.5”
4th – Cambrie Sproul 11’ 0”
100m 1st – Annika McKinney 14.93
4th – Shelby Lentz 16.07
200m 1st – Annika McKinney 31.90
4th – Cambrie Sproul 35.11
400m 1st – Annika McKinney 1:16.67
3rd – Shelby Lentz 1:22.97
6th – Tayah Seeders 1:35.31
800m 3rd – Shelby Lentz 3:25.45
4th – Tayah Seeders 3:37.55
6th – Rowan Bremer 3:53.39
400m Relay 2nd – Cambrie Sproul, Tayah Seeders, Avreigh McCue, Rowan Bremer 1:12.27
Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track Results
Logan Invitational
On Tuesday, April 30 the Northern Valley track team competed in the Logan invitational meet in Phillipsurg. There were eight schools at the meet on a nice sunny, spring day.
The NV Jr. High boys also had an outstanding day, placing 1st as a team with 112 points., Brewster was 2nd with 100 points and Cheylin 3rd with 90 points. Tait Thalheim had his best track meet of the season winning four gold medals, including a PR in the pole vault at 9’. Griffin McKinney had a big day winning a gold medal in the shot and three silver medals. Lucas Hansen placed third in the triple jump and 200. Cash Compton placed 2nd in the long jump with a personal best 16’ ¾”.
The NV 6th grade boys placed 4th as a team. Colt Rogers won three silver medals and Max Wilder won the bronze medal in the 200.
Northern Valley 7th & 8th grade boys results – 1st Place
100m 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 12.7
4th – Cash Compton – 13.2
200m 3rd – Lucas Hansen – 27.8
800m 4th – Bryson Wilder – 3:00.5
100m Hurdles 1st – Tait Thalheim – 16.7
2nd – Griffin McKinney – 16.9
200m Hurdles 1st – Tait Thalheim 29.3
2nd – Griffin McKinney – 30.6
Pole Vault 1st – Tait Thalheim – 9’ 0”
5th – Bryson Wilder – 6’ 6”
Triple Jump 1st – Tait Thalheim – 31’ 11”
3rd – Lucas Hansen – 30’ 6”
Shot 1st – Griffin McKinney – 36’ 3”
Discus 6th – Levi Black – 75’ 1”
High Jump 5th – Zane Brown – 3’ 10”
Long Jump 2nd – Cash Compton – 16’ ¾”
400m Relay 6th – Hitt, Horacek, Black, Johns – 1:14.6
800m Relay 5th – Wilder, Hansen, Brown, Compton – 1:59.2
Medley Relay 5th – Hitt, Horacek, Black, Johns – 2:49.7
Northern Valley 6th grade Boys Results – 4th Place
100m 2nd – Colt Rogers – 16.7
200m 3rd – Max Wilder – 35.6
100m Hurdles 2nd – Colt Rogers – 22.9
4th – Max Wilder – 26.7
High Jump 2nd – Colt Rogers – 4’ 4”
Javelin 5th – Max Wilder – 51’ 4”
Northern Valley 8th grader Griffin McKinney placed 1st in the shot at the Logan meet with a throw of 36’ 3”.
Northern Valley 7th grader Cash Compton placed 2nd at the Logan meet with a leap of 16’ ¾”
Northern Valley 6th grader Colt Rogers placed 2nd in the 100m hurdles in the 6th grade division at the Logan Meet.
Northern Valley 8th graders Tait Thalheim and Griffin McKinney placed 1st and 2nd in the 100 and 200 Hurdles at the Logan Meet on April 30.
Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track
The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Quinter, KS, to compete in the 43rd Annual Quinter MS Invitational with 15 other schools. The weather was unpredictable between warm, cold, windy and rainy. The Lady Huskies saw some tough competition but worked hard to set personal records and earn a few medals. The 4x200 relay team of Andrea Meraz, Kylee Ledbetter, Rene’ Horacek and Annika McKinney had a good day placing third out of thirteen teams.
Northern Valley 6/7/8th Girls Results – 12th Place
Triple Jump 5th – Rene’ Horacek 27’ 5”
Long Jump 5th – Rene’ Horacek 13’ 4”
800m Relay 3rd – Andrea Meraz, Kylee Ledbetter, Rene’ Horacek, Annika McKinney 2:09.64
4x200 Relay Teams from left to right - Andrea Meraz, Kylee Ledbetter, Rene' Horacek, Annika McKinney
Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track Results – Quinter Invitational
On April 26 the Northern Valley Junior High track team traveled to Quinter to compete in the 43nd annual Quinter Jr High Track Meet with 15 other schools. The Huskies gave it all they had on a cool, wet, windy day in western Kansas. The NV junior high boys placed 7th as a team with 36 points against some tough competition. The Husky relay teams ran well, placing 3rd in the 4x100 and 2nd in the 4x200. Tait Thalheim had a PR in the triple jump, placing 2nd with a jump of 32’ 10”. Griffin McKinney ran well in the 200 hurdles placing 2nd with a time of 30.7
Northern Valley Boys Results – 7th Place
Triple Jump 2nd – Tait Thalheim – 32’ 10”
5th – Lucas Hansen – 29’ 10”
Pole Vault 4th – Tait Thalheim – 8’ 6”
200m Hurdles 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 30.7
400m Relay 3rd – Compton, Thalheim, Hansen, McKinney – 52.2
800m Relay 2nd – Compton, Thalheim, Hansen, McKinney – 1:52.9
The Northern Valley Junior High boys relay team ran well at the Quinter meet on April 26. The Huskies placed 2nd in the 4x200 and 3rd in the 4x100. Pictured left to right: Griffin McKinney, Tait Thalheim, Cash Compton, Lucas McKinney
Northern Valley 8th grader Tait Thalheim pole vaulted 8’ 6” at the Quinter meet to place 4th.
Northern Valley 8th grader Griffin McKinney finished strong in the 200m hurdles in Quinter. Griffin edged out his opponent for 2nd place in a time of 30.7
Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track
The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Osborne, KS, for a competitive day of track. It was a cool day overall, but the weather was good for the ten teams attending.
The sixth and seventh grade girls saw some tougher competition but as a team were able to get 9.67 points. The 8th grade girls worked hard missing the top six in many events by 0.1 of a second. As a team they four girls earned 26 points. Kylee Ledbetter had a good day winning a silver in the 75 meter and fourth in the discus.
Northern Valley 6/7th Girls Results – 8th Place
Shot Put 5th – Annika McKinney 24’ 6.75”
Discus 6th – Kaylee Miller 52’ 3”
High Jump 4th – Tayah Seeders 3’ 6” (tie)
4th – Cambrie Sproul 3’ 6” (tie)
Long Jump 6th – Shelby Lentz 11’ 0.75”
100m 6th – Annika McKinney 14.8
Northern Valley 8th Girls Results – 6th Place
Discus 4th – Kylee Ledbetter 60’ 9.5”
Long Jump 3rd – Rene’ Horacek 13’ 2”
Triple Jump 4th – Rene’ Horacek 27’ 3.25”
75m 2nd – Kylee Ledbetter 11.3
4th – Andrea Meraz 11.6
Pictured: Kylee Ledbetter and Andrea Meraz competing in the 75 meter dash. Kylee placed second with Andrea placing fourth.
Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track
On April 18 the Northern Valley Junior High Track Team traveled to Osborne to compete in the Bullpup Relays. The Huskies had a good day with many personal bests. The NV 6th-7th grade boys scored 74 points and finished in 3rd place as a team. Cash Compton dominated the sprints winning gold medals in the 75m and 200m and a silver medal in the 100m. Classmate Bryson Wilder also did well placing 1st in the pole vault, 2ndin the 200m hurdles and 3rd in the long jump. Levi Black had a PR in the discus, throwing 83’ 1” collecting the bronze medal.
The NV 8th grade boys scored 55 points and finished 4th as a team. Tait Thalheim had an excellent day placing 1st in the pole vault, 2nd in the 100m hurdles, 3rd in the 200m hurdles and 4th in the triple jump. Griffin Mckinney had a PR in the 200m hurdles and placed 2nd. Lucas Hansen sprinted well placing 4th in the 75m and the 200m.
Northern Valley 6th & 7th Boys Results – 3rd Place
75m 1st – Cash Compton – 9.9
100m 2nd – Cash Compton – 12.7
200m 1st – Cash Compton – 27.3
3200m 5th – Colt Rogers – 16:27.3
100m Hurdles 6th – Bryson Wilder – 19.6
200m Hurdles 2nd – Bryson Wilder – 33.6
Pole Vault 1st – Bryson Wilder – 6’ 0”
3rd – Colt Rogers – 6’ 0”
High Jump 4th – Colt Rogers – 4’ 2”
Long Jump 3rd – Bryson Wilder – 13’ 8”
5th – Cash Compton – 13’ 6”
Discus 3rd – Levi Black – 83’ 1”
Medley Relay 6th – M.Wilder, Black, Horacek, Rogers – 2:30.2
NV 8th grade Boys Results – 4th Place
75m 4th – Lucas Hansen – 10.3
200m 4th – Lucas Hansen – 27.9
400m 5th – Griffin McKinney – 1:03.8
100m Hurdles 2nd – Tait Thalheim – 17.5
200m Hurdles 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 29.9
3rd – Tait Thalheim – 30.7
Pole Vault 1st – Tait Thalheim – 8’ 6”
High Jump 5th – Zane Brown – 4’ 2”
Long Jump 4th – Griffin McKinney – 15’ 0”
Triple Jump 4th – Tait Thalheim – 32’ 9”
6th – Lucas Hansen – 30’ 2”
Shot 5th – Griffin McKinney – 33’ 10”
Northern Valley Schools will be hosting the High School Awards Banquet Thursday, May 9th at 6:30 p.m. at the Almena Community Building.
Senior and Junior Families bring a dessert.
Sophomore and Freshman Families bring a side dish.
Everyone remember to bring your own table service!
UPDATE: We have been notified that the link doesn't work and we are working to fix it. Sorry about this folks! Here is a beautiful video of all the plants and information that the FFA will have for sale coming up! Don't miss out on this years plants!
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Today Mrs. Knuth's mom brought in cake to surprise Mrs. Knuth and Miss Shelby on their new positions. Congratulations ladies!
Check out the website for a sneak peek spotlight on this years senior class! Along with this years farewells!
Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track Results
38th Annual Husky Invitational Track Meet
On April 11 the Northern Valley track team competed in the 38th Annual Husky invitational meet in Stockton. There were ten schools at the meet.
The NV Jr. High boys had a great day finishing in a second place tie with Brewster with 81 points. Thunder Ridge was first with 127 points. All eight NV Jr High boys placed to contribute to the win. Griffin McKinney won four medals on the day, including gold in the 200 hurdles, silver in the 400 and shot and bronze in the long jump. Lucas Hansen had a good day placing 2nd in the triple jump and 3rd in the 200. 7th grader Bryson Wilder ran the hurdles well placing 2nd in the 100 hurdles and 3rd in the 200 hurdles. Classmate Cash Compton won the bronze medal in the 100.
The NV 6th grade boys combined scores with the 6th grade girls to win the 2nd place plaque. Colt Rogers and Max Wilder each collected four ribbons in their events.
Northern Valley Junior High Boys Results – 2nd Place (tie)
100m 3rd – Cash Compton – 13.5
4th – Lucas Hansen – 13.9
200m 3rd – Lucas Hansen – 28.5
5th – Cash Compton – 29.2
400m 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 1:03.4
1600m 4th – Bryson Wilder – 6:21.1
6th – Jaden Johns – 7:59.3
100m Hurdles 2nd – Bryson Wilder – 19.5
200m Hurdles 1st – Griffin McKinney – 31.0
3rd – Bryson Wilder – 35.9
Long Jump 3rd – Griffin McKinney – 16’ 3”
5th – Cash Compton – 14’ 7”
Triple Jump 2nd – Lucas Hansen – 29’ 10”
Shot 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 36’ 11”
800m Relay 6th – Black, Horacek, Hitt, Johns – 3:03.8
Medley Relay 5th – Wilder, Hansen, Black, Compton – 2:14.0
Northern Valley 6th grade Boys results – 1st Place (combined score with 6th girls)
200 6th – Max Wilder – 35.4
800 5th – Colt Rogers – 3:18.7
100 Hurdles 2nd – Colt Rogers – 22.5
4th – Max Wilder – 26.8
High Jump 2nd – Colt Rogers – 4’ 4”
4th – Max Wilder – 3’ 8”
Long Jump 6th – Colt Rogers – 10’ 10”
Shot 6th – Max Wilder – 18’ 11”
Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track
The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Stockton for the Husky Invitational. It was a beautiful day for the Lady Huskies competing against nine other schools. Annika McKinney had a great day in the sixth-grade division placing in all four of her events – gold in the shot put, 100-meter, 400-meter, and silver in the 200-meter. Rene’ Horacek had a good day in the 7/8th grade division placing in three events – bronze in the triple jump, fourth in the long jump and fifth in the 200-meter.
Northern Valley 6th Girls Results – 2nd Place (combined with 6th boys)
Shot Put 1st – Annika McKinney 24’ 0”
High Jump 3rd – Cambrie Sproul 3’ 8” (tie)
Long Jump 2nd – Cambrie Sproul 10’ 9”
3rd – Shelby Lentz 10’ 8”
100m 1st – Annika McKinney 15.37
200m 2nd – Annika McKinney 32.31
400m 1st – Annika McKinney 1:14.1
5th – Shelby Lentz 1:21.7
800m 3rd – Shelby Lentz 3:16.6
400m Relay 4th – Cambrie Sproul, Tayah Seeders, Rowan Bremer, Shelby Lentz 1:11.5
Northern Valley 7/8th Girls Results – 7th Place
Discus 6th – Kaylee Miller 61’ 2 ½ “
Long Jump 4th – Rene’ Horacek 13’ 7 ½ “
Triple Jump 3rd – Rene’ Horacek 27’ 5”
200m 5th – Rene’ Horacek 32.37
800m Relay 4th – Kylee Ledbetter, Andrea Meraz, Kaylee Miller, Christina Nichols 2:42.3
Annika McKinney throwing shot put
Photo credit to Chance McKinney
